View full sizeMLive.com file photoGov. Rick Snyder (left) speaks to the media in December alongside Flint's emergency manager, Michael Brown (center), and Flint Police Chief Alvern Lock after a community meeting at the Word of Life Christian Church on Atherton Road. Snyder will deliver a public safety message to the state on Wednesday at Flint City Hall.

FLINT, Michigan -- Flint Police Chief Alvern Lock hopes Gov. Rick Snyder's public safety plan for Michigan includes good news for the city of Flint -- specifically in the form of more police officers.

"I don't know if that's in the plan, that's just something I'm hoping for," Lock said today, following the announcement that Snyder will unveil his plan at 11 a.m. on Wednesday from Flint City Hall. "We're in the news all the time with public safety, and we have an emergency manager here. I think it would bode well for us to have his (Snyder's) presence here."

The governor has said it's "unacceptable" that Michigan has four cities -- Flint, Saginaw, Pontiac and Detroit -- on the FBI's top 10 list for violent crime. Snyder's announcement this morning comes the day after police said a man was shot to death inside the Fleming Food Shop.

Emergency manager Michael Brown has said that, in addition to more
officers, the city also needs funding to open up the Flint lockup to
free up more space in the county jail.

Details of Snyder's upcoming plan weren't immediately available for release on Monday, a spokeswoman said, but the governor has called for a comprehensive approach that includes boosted patrols as well as criminal justice system reforms and a jobs component.

Lock said that's the correct approach.

"There is more to it than having more bodies on the street," he said of getting additional officers. "I think that's something that should be happening across the board."

Lock said he expects the governor to discuss the Michigan State Police patrols in Flint, which were doubled in July.